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this week president obama and german chancellor merkel said that they would impose tough sanctions on entire sectors of the russian economy. not only if russia invades ukraine, but also if russia disrupts the may 25th senator election. senator ayotte, you have introduced legislation to impose those sanctions not later, but right now. >> they need to be imposed now, chris. the bottom line is if we wait until the elections, it will be too late at that point. we already see the playbook of what happened in crimea happening in eastern ukraine, and it's time to impose tougher sectoral sanctions to provide support for the ukrainian military, and if -- at this point russia is not getting the message, they're violating the so-called geneva agreement, and you have russian agents in ukraine fomating unrest and causing all the violence and really creating a situation right now that warrants tougher sanctions by this administration. >> briefly, congressman schiff, have the obama sanctions up to this point been too weak? >> well, look, i think we're going to ultimately need stronger sanctions. the
this week president obama and german chancellor merkel said that they would impose tough sanctions on entire sectors of the russian economy. not only if russia invades ukraine, but also if russia disrupts the may 25th senator election. senator ayotte, you have introduced legislation to impose those sanctions not later, but right now. >> they need to be imposed now, chris. the bottom line is if we wait until the elections, it will be too late at that point. we already see the playbook of...
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angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. period is tom donohue am the president and ceo of the spine institution. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as a central rallying point for the ..s. business community we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. room we are gathered in today, the international hall of flags, is rich in symbolism and history. afterom takes its name the overhead banners of 12 great explorers who blazed the first paths of trade. they planted the first seeds of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. these flags remind us that the transatlantic relationship has been around for a long time. today, we are reminded just how essential this relationship is. alliance is.-eu critical to global stability, peace, and freedom. this has been proven time and t
angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. period is tom donohue am the president and ceo of the spine institution. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as a central rallying point for the ..s. business community we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. room we are...
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russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel spoke by phone to stress the need for international action to reduce tensions. pro russian protesters stormed a police station in odessa demanding the release of more than a hundred people detained since friday. deadly clashes friday left more than 40 people dead and more than a hundred injured. kier simmons joins me now on the line from donetsk. some of the people detained have been freed. what can you tell us? >> reporter: that's right. whatever world leaders attempt to do the reality on the ground in ukraine is it's a downward spiral into retribution p continues. tonight we are hearing there are pro government protesters on the streets. what happened earlier as lawlessness breaks down here was a group of pro russians opposed to the pro government protesters that stormed the police station, broke in the door and opened the door to 30 people who were being held there. they have been held there since friday when, as you say, more than 40 of the other protesters died in a blaze in a union build buildi building. appalli
russian president vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel spoke by phone to stress the need for international action to reduce tensions. pro russian protesters stormed a police station in odessa demanding the release of more than a hundred people detained since friday. deadly clashes friday left more than 40 people dead and more than a hundred injured. kier simmons joins me now on the line from donetsk. some of the people detained have been freed. what can you tell us? >>...
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., president obama, germany, chancellor angela merkel who said collectively that russia could face more sanctions if ukraine is not stabilized later on in may. sanctions don't seem to be working. >> first of all, i don't think sanctions are going to work for the short-term crisis. maybe in the long term, if you want to further impoversh it may work but for the short term it's not going to work and the moral of the sanctions is the more we push them, the more we get push back from the europeans and they have a different view of us. the one thing we have going for us throughout the crisis is that the u.s. and jurp have been very much together on it. >> ambassador christopher hill, appreciate your insight. thank you. >> thank you. >> we're going to talk about the scandal and nba. donald sterling's wife is speaking out. humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer
., president obama, germany, chancellor angela merkel who said collectively that russia could face more sanctions if ukraine is not stabilized later on in may. sanctions don't seem to be working. >> first of all, i don't think sanctions are going to work for the short-term crisis. maybe in the long term, if you want to further impoversh it may work but for the short term it's not going to work and the moral of the sanctions is the more we push them, the more we get push back from the...
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angela merkel was here friday. i was in a small meeting with her. she's trying to pull europe along. she's a great leader in europe. let's give a shout-out to her. we do need europe pulled along. focussing, for example, on certain financial institutions. someone -- a senior russian official speaking at the wilson center the other day said we ought to yank the visas of all the duma members in russia so they can't go to the south of france and in miami. that would really get their attention. there are smart ways to do this. in addition to that, though -- >> can i interrupt for a second? you say you were in a meeting with angela merkel. does she support? because the perception has been that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia, and particularly dependence on energy, on oil and gas, would not support sectoral sanctions at this point. >> well, she said she talked about how she's trying to move other countries in europe along. i mean, there are -- >> well, i think her country is -- or at least she is closer to this, and she did stand in unity wit
angela merkel was here friday. i was in a small meeting with her. she's trying to pull europe along. she's a great leader in europe. let's give a shout-out to her. we do need europe pulled along. focussing, for example, on certain financial institutions. someone -- a senior russian official speaking at the wilson center the other day said we ought to yank the visas of all the duma members in russia so they can't go to the south of france and in miami. that would really get their attention....
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we have chancellor merkel meeting with barack obama. that is the number one topic on their agenda, along with nsa and tapping her phone. >> what did you say last year -- [laughter] >> he may know what she is thinking. >> let's talk about the effect on american economies. -- companies. is there any consideration to say, get out of russia? >> they are the ones doing the outreach. i asked if companies are lobbying for less sanctions. the administration responded, we are going to them and asking them to cut their russian exposure. citibank cut their russian exposure nine percent. the white house has been lobbying and getting success with major american companies and ceo's were supposed to go to an economic conference sponsored by putin. some are pulling out entirely or reducing their delegations. >> if he keeps escalating, is there any chance that america would take military action or at least aid the ukrainians with lethal arms? >> two separate questions. on taking military action ourselves, ukraine is not a member of nato. the u.s. and na
we have chancellor merkel meeting with barack obama. that is the number one topic on their agenda, along with nsa and tapping her phone. >> what did you say last year -- [laughter] >> he may know what she is thinking. >> let's talk about the effect on american economies. -- companies. is there any consideration to say, get out of russia? >> they are the ones doing the outreach. i asked if companies are lobbying for less sanctions. the administration responded, we are...
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i think the president's recent meeting with german chancellor angela merkel produced almost nothing in terms of closer allied agreement. i think putin has had the high cards. he still has them. >> so putin basically has a green light? >> well, he has an implicit green light. he doesn't think that the sanctions that have been imposed so far are enough to slow him down. he doesn't see any concerted effort by the west to come to the ukraine interim government's defense, and while i think his objective fundamentally is to either delegitimize the upcoming presidential elections later this month or if he could win th them, he's also got a plan "b" and it looks like that may be more what is happening which is partitioning the country again, as in crimea, stirring up opposition in the eastern and southern parts and taking those parts into russia. >> you talk about a concerted effort by the west to help ukraine and calling for that. there's a bill calling for $100 million in direct aid. sending mres, not sending any lethal weapon, not arming the ukrainians. should we arm them? >> well, i think
i think the president's recent meeting with german chancellor angela merkel produced almost nothing in terms of closer allied agreement. i think putin has had the high cards. he still has them. >> so putin basically has a green light? >> well, he has an implicit green light. he doesn't think that the sanctions that have been imposed so far are enough to slow him down. he doesn't see any concerted effort by the west to come to the ukraine interim government's defense, and while i...
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as you know, he had a presser with german chancellor angela merkel and came out to warn president putin of more sanctions in the offing. >> the russian leadership must know if it continues to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we will move quickly on additional steps, including further sanctions that will impose greater costs. >> it seems to me, and let me start with you, congressman, everything that the u.s. has done, the west has done to this point begins, if this continues, we're really going to do something harsher. what is the definition of disrupting these elections later in may? >> well, the elections are scheduled for may 25th, and i think it's very, very important that the elections go smoothly. putin is trying everything he can do to disrupt the elections. and i think what president obama is trying to do is work in conjunction with our european allies. they are much more reluctant to do anything against russia because they rely on russia. >> they're tied more than we are. but the question is, i think if you'd look at what's going on in
as you know, he had a presser with german chancellor angela merkel and came out to warn president putin of more sanctions in the offing. >> the russian leadership must know if it continues to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we will move quickly on additional steps, including further sanctions that will impose greater costs. >> it seems to me, and let me start with you, congressman, everything that the u.s. has done, the west has done to...
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you say you were in a meet will with angela merkel. does she support -- because the perception is that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia and particularly depends on energy on oil and gas would not support sanctions athe this point? >> she said she talked about how she is trying to move other countries in europe along. i think her country is -- at least she is closer to this. she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp for russia to deescalate this. i don't think we choose to get in a war with the russians. we have to bolster nato. that is something they talked about, too. we have to find a way to achieve a pluralist noncorrupt government in ukraine and we have to support trade, i think so. >> so what is the off ramp? >> well, putin personally, certainly the information everybody seems to have is that there is no advantage to russia in having an all out war in ukraine. our leverage is our economy against him. we're strong. he's a gas station as john mccain said with a lot
you say you were in a meet will with angela merkel. does she support -- because the perception is that germany, which has a lot of trade with russia and particularly depends on energy on oil and gas would not support sanctions athe this point? >> she said she talked about how she is trying to move other countries in europe along. i think her country is -- at least she is closer to this. she did stand in unity with president obama talking about this. there does have to be an off ramp for...
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where are those -- >> anyway today before he began his press conference with german chancellor angela merkel the president did take a moment to tout somewhat exciting jobs numbers and repeat, there's more to do. let's listen to him. >> we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation, and creating more opportunities for working families. there's plenty more that congress should be doing from raising minimum wage to creating good construction jobs rebuilding america, and i want to work with them wherever i can, but i keep acting on my own wherever i must to make sure every american who works hard has the chance to get ahead. >> explain that. why is he like that today? is he caught up in something else? >> maybe he's thinking about ukraine, which is a general downer and maybe that's why it was such a dour recitation of what one would think he would be clicking his heels about and kind of strutting around the rose garden and saying look, i told you these were the right economic policies. i told you if we would be patient things are getting better. look things are better, 6.3%. you know, we're
where are those -- >> anyway today before he began his press conference with german chancellor angela merkel the president did take a moment to tout somewhat exciting jobs numbers and repeat, there's more to do. let's listen to him. >> we have to keep a relentless focus on job creation, and creating more opportunities for working families. there's plenty more that congress should be doing from raising minimum wage to creating good construction jobs rebuilding america, and i want to...
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and german chancellor angela merkel was really the lynch pin here. the fact they've agreed to move forward with these sanctions means they are on the same page about something about which they were sharply divided a few days ago. in terms of what those specific sanctions will look like, that remains to be seen. interesting to note, president obama did not mention sanctioning the energy sector in his remarks yesterday. the other option that the u.s. has is to potentially send military aid to ukraine. that is something that ukrainian officials have been calling for, but at this point in time, the u.s. says that they're not going to take that route. so far, though, craig, one more point, putin hasn't been swayed by the sanctions. so it's hard to see what will change between now and those may 25th elections. but the u.s. and its european partners continuing to be in touch as they monitor the ongoing crisis there. craig? >> kristen welker for us from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. kristen, thanks as always. we'll have a report from ukraine coming up in just a
and german chancellor angela merkel was really the lynch pin here. the fact they've agreed to move forward with these sanctions means they are on the same page about something about which they were sharply divided a few days ago. in terms of what those specific sanctions will look like, that remains to be seen. interesting to note, president obama did not mention sanctioning the energy sector in his remarks yesterday. the other option that the u.s. has is to potentially send military aid to...
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having said that, we also know that president obama and german chancellor angela merkel met earlier this week. they talked about increasing sanctions, toughening those sanctions. but sir, will it be tough enough to stop vladimir putin from moving ahead with his game plan? >> well, there's no evidence that they reached any agreement on the specifics of tougher sanctions, and certainly the europeans' economic dependence on russian energy supplies and their economic relationships with russia, especially countries like germany, make it hard for them to accept tougher economic sanctions. but this is where you need american leadership. the fact is that what putin has succeeded in doing is using military force to change international boundaries on the continent of europe. and if the europeans don't realize it, that puts them in considerable jeopardy. the european union is still on very shaky foundations when it comes to the monetary union, political tensions are rising. and putin is taking advantage of them. i think this is a very bad time for the western alliances. >> right. and historically,
having said that, we also know that president obama and german chancellor angela merkel met earlier this week. they talked about increasing sanctions, toughening those sanctions. but sir, will it be tough enough to stop vladimir putin from moving ahead with his game plan? >> well, there's no evidence that they reached any agreement on the specifics of tougher sanctions, and certainly the europeans' economic dependence on russian energy supplies and their economic relationships with...
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, chancellor merkel, is the one who maybe has the most influence in this whole crisis, because of the relationship with president putin. what is that relationship? >> well, i mean, let's say it, you know, vladimir putin has the greatest influence here but merkel is probably in the best position among western leaders, you know, to talk to him, to communicate to him, and try to convince him to deescalate. obviously her words in the last couple of days talking to putin directly and her comments yesterday about the importance of getting the osce team released, you know, we see that that gesture today, obviously, we still see a dire situation that represents a serious threa. obviously, the conditions for that election are very, very difficult. >> we just heard the clip from president obama helicopters than taken down by surface to air missiles. grass root groups seem to have some access to sophisticated weaponry. how does that change things for the west if these types of things are happening and it's not grassroots anymore? >> i don't know where the -- what the source of those weapons were
, chancellor merkel, is the one who maybe has the most influence in this whole crisis, because of the relationship with president putin. what is that relationship? >> well, i mean, let's say it, you know, vladimir putin has the greatest influence here but merkel is probably in the best position among western leaders, you know, to talk to him, to communicate to him, and try to convince him to deescalate. obviously her words in the last couple of days talking to putin directly and her...
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. >> anyway today before he began his conference with angela merkel he began to somewhat tout the job number. repeat, there's more to do. let's listen to him. >> we have to keep attention to the jobs. there's plenty more that congress should be doing from raising minimum wage to creating good construction jobs rebuilding america, and i want to work with them wherever i can, but i keep acting on my own wherever i must to make sure every american who works hard has the chance to get ahead. >> explain that. why is he like that today? is he caught up in something else? >> i think he's thinking about ukraine, which is a general downer and so maybe that's why it's such a dower recitation of what one would think he would be click his heels about and strutting around the rose garden and say, look, i told you these were the right economic policies, i told you if you would all be patient, things are getting better, things are getting better, look. 6.3%. 288,000 jobs. happy days. >> i like the way you're doing it, eugene. it is funny. i guess we'll get onto this. let ee move on to the republican
. >> anyway today before he began his conference with angela merkel he began to somewhat tout the job number. repeat, there's more to do. let's listen to him. >> we have to keep attention to the jobs. there's plenty more that congress should be doing from raising minimum wage to creating good construction jobs rebuilding america, and i want to work with them wherever i can, but i keep acting on my own wherever i must to make sure every american who works hard has the chance to get...
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, it was interesting, because the president has a news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. you mentioned there was some testy briefs this weekend you. thought maybe there would be questions about that. there were two american reporters, two german reporters called on. the american reporters asked about the crisis in ukraine as well as the death penalty in the botched execution in oklahoma this week. big issues, but no doubt being front and center this week, you would have thought maybe somebody would have asked about it. it's a free country. they can choose to ask or not. but certainly there is a lot of people who have been wondering, you know, when the president is going to be asked about it more. he wasn't candidate about it today in the rose garden. >> big news. ed henry at the white house tonight, thank you, ed. >>> and while republicans continue to press for answers regarding the administration's massive cover-up of the benghazi cover-up, democrats now attempting to move away from the conversation and are doing so in some pretty insensitive ways. for starters, former
, it was interesting, because the president has a news conference with the german chancellor angela merkel. you mentioned there was some testy briefs this weekend you. thought maybe there would be questions about that. there were two american reporters, two german reporters called on. the american reporters asked about the crisis in ukraine as well as the death penalty in the botched execution in oklahoma this week. big issues, but no doubt being front and center this week, you would have...
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i think we can read into this quite simply that moscow, may well under pressure from berlin, angela merkel, four of the detainees being german, may have decided to take the move and put pressure on the self-declared administration to release the officials in the presence of their envoy in slovyansk facilitated that and i think possibly analysts will look at this as a smart pr move by moscow to carry favor towards the pro-russian protesters, signs that particularly at this delicate time are now surrounded by the ukrainian army. >> nick, in what way does this development change the big picture? acting president turchynov admitted this week, the country doesn't really control many eastern cities because local officials there, he says, are helpless. has ukraine lost control of the east or incidents like this prove that the tide is turning? >> reporter: well, i think this certainly is a sign of pro-russian protesters deciding to yield a significant bargaining chip they had for a little bit of positive publicity. it helps moscow, perhaps, too, to paint them in a more constructive light. it also,
i think we can read into this quite simply that moscow, may well under pressure from berlin, angela merkel, four of the detainees being german, may have decided to take the move and put pressure on the self-declared administration to release the officials in the presence of their envoy in slovyansk facilitated that and i think possibly analysts will look at this as a smart pr move by moscow to carry favor towards the pro-russian protesters, signs that particularly at this delicate time are now...
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obama appeared in a joint press conference with chancellor merkel in the rose garden today. the two american reporters and they chose not to ask him about his reaction to the scandal or the committee and certainly not a question about the white house and the stone wall. one of the president's former aides is talking about benghazi. here is national security council spokesman playing stupid on special report with bret baier last night. >> did you also change this in the talking points? >> may be, i don't really remember. >> you don't remember? >> this is like two years ago. >> were talking about the process of editing talking points. that's what bureaucrats do all day long. lou: our first guest tonight says the other has a memory loss on the benghazi talking point changes that are not credible. joining us is former army vice chief of staff general jack keane, also fox military analyst. good to have you with us. >> it is good to be here. >> your reaction to the demeanor of that gentleman representing the administration. >> i think he came on with a degree of arrogance that he
obama appeared in a joint press conference with chancellor merkel in the rose garden today. the two american reporters and they chose not to ask him about his reaction to the scandal or the committee and certainly not a question about the white house and the stone wall. one of the president's former aides is talking about benghazi. here is national security council spokesman playing stupid on special report with bret baier last night. >> did you also change this in the talking points?...
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you have an industrial lobby and financial lobby in germany telling merkel in no uncertain terms, we want no sanctions whatsoever. then you've got caterpillar in the united states that just lost a $1 billion deal that seamans picked up by going to moscow, meeting with putin and said, hey, we're dealing. so you can't keep the europeans on board. the last order of sanctions the americans just put on this week after we said there have been consequences and they have been basically ripping up the gee neva agreement -- geneva agreement they made on ukraine, there is going to be consequence queens so tough that the russians market go up on them. us saying we'll isolate the russians, not a single brick, not brazil, india or china, that is listening one iota to our policy. the chinese just announced 5 billion more, the chinese development bank in developments in china. we can't isolate the russians. we can push them toward china. it's not in our interest. right now our coalition on ukraine is canada because they have a large ukrainian population and elections coming up and japan because they
you have an industrial lobby and financial lobby in germany telling merkel in no uncertain terms, we want no sanctions whatsoever. then you've got caterpillar in the united states that just lost a $1 billion deal that seamans picked up by going to moscow, meeting with putin and said, hey, we're dealing. so you can't keep the europeans on board. the last order of sanctions the americans just put on this week after we said there have been consequences and they have been basically ripping up the...
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i also just returned a few minutes ago from a breakfast with german chancellor merkel who was in town to reach -- meet with present moment secretary hagel and others. it's a very good thing that she is here and no doubt the conversation will center on these comments. tough issues, tough guy. ready for the challenge. educated at the university of nebraska on the g.i. bill and nebraska's record last season, football right it was 9-4 west of thing worse than the prior year's 11-3, ouch but a few touchdowns for u.s. policy right now would be a good thing. so to bring a smile to your face chuck we welcome you here and look forward to what you have to say. here is a scarf for the cornhuskers. go big red. please welcome chuck hagel the 24th secretary of defense. [applause] >> should i put that on for the presentation? jane, thank you. i'm always overwhelmed her company but now you have outdone yourself with the special nebraska cornhuskers scarf and by the way the cornhuskers will have a better season this year. thank you. thank you jane and thanks to the wilson center for what you continue
i also just returned a few minutes ago from a breakfast with german chancellor merkel who was in town to reach -- meet with present moment secretary hagel and others. it's a very good thing that she is here and no doubt the conversation will center on these comments. tough issues, tough guy. ready for the challenge. educated at the university of nebraska on the g.i. bill and nebraska's record last season, football right it was 9-4 west of thing worse than the prior year's 11-3, ouch but a few...
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german chancellor merkel in dc for me. adverts none in an nsa spying. a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. the us become a nation of pill popping children will look at the issue of over medicating our kids later the cap. fans i can to begin with breaking news this evening in on the site in south western ukraine has been killed in a large fire connected with the brass band. the numbers can vary the local police tell the associated press that more than thirty people are dead after local trade union house without a place to be getting the midst of a standoff between ukrainian government supporters and antique and activists. today was marked by violence between those and get protesters in ukrainian military in fact at least three ukrainian troops and two antique its fighters were killed after the government launched a military assault on the eastern city of swansea ask which is held by anti government protesters our team player reports. it was on the street is that the ukrainian army is preparing another vaughan's come tonight to find eight
german chancellor merkel in dc for me. adverts none in an nsa spying. a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. the us become a nation of pill popping children will look at the issue of over medicating our kids later the cap. fans i can to begin with breaking news this evening in on the site in south western ukraine has been killed in a large fire connected with the brass band. the numbers can vary the local police tell the associated press that more than thirty people are dead...
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. >> the president appearing with angela merkel, the german chancellor. anything raised on benghazi giving the big news? >> no. throughout the week, there were various tv networks and newspapers and others pushing jay carney, pretty aggressively, about the new information on benghazi, and then just minutes before the news conference in the rose garden, you had this news by john boehner. partisan because it's a republican speaker saying i'm going to investigate it more, but getting pressure from the president of the united states. and two german reporters asked. american reporters asked about ukraine, a big deal, but the second question was about the death penalty and the botched execution in oklahoma. again, important issue, but with all of the news bubbling up this week, it's surprising it wasn't asked. >> yet again another attack today in syria on a compound there. americans not involved, but it reminds us no one has been brought to justice or arrested and it seems like over there, it's going to hell in a hand basket. >> it is. and nine libyan soldiers
. >> the president appearing with angela merkel, the german chancellor. anything raised on benghazi giving the big news? >> no. throughout the week, there were various tv networks and newspapers and others pushing jay carney, pretty aggressively, about the new information on benghazi, and then just minutes before the news conference in the rose garden, you had this news by john boehner. partisan because it's a republican speaker saying i'm going to investigate it more, but getting...
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angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. period is tom donohue am the president and ceo of the spine institution. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as a central rallying point for the ..s. business community we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. room we are gathered in today, the international hall of flags, is rich in symbolism and history. afterom takes its name the overhead banners of 12 great explorers who blazed the first paths of trade. they planted the first seeds of commercial and industrial growth in the new world. these flags remind us that the transatlantic relationship has been around for a long time. today, we are reminded just how essential this relationship is. alliance is.-eu critical to global stability, peace, and freedom. this has been proven time and t
angela merkel. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the chamber of commerce of the united states. period is tom donohue am the president and ceo of the spine institution. i would like to extend a special welcome to those of you visiting our headquarters for the first time. the chamber is a 102-year-old organization. this building serves as a central rallying point for the ..s. business community we host several hundred meetings here in this room alone every year. room we are...
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thank you also very much and i've got to go to lunch with angola merkel. thank you. [applause] thank you guys. >> in the beginning of the war when we were pressed into it you are afraid of holding the gun that then when you enter the first battle and we fought and i shot somebody and killed somebody it does something to you so it's very difficult. as time went on it became easy. it became normalized. this is what happens. you normalize the situation so you can lift the weight is if you don't you actually died. defense secretary chuck hagel today spoke about the nato alliance its history and its relevance to the russia ukraine conflict. it's 40 minute talk is followed by a panel discussion on ukraine with former russian german and polish officials. >> in 1997 my daughter hillary and i have for hillary in my own family, then it presents senior majoring in politics pics nato as her thesis topic. she called her mom then in my third term in congress to get my assessment. so i had to really think about it. nato expansion have been agreed upon and in 1994 brussels declarati
thank you also very much and i've got to go to lunch with angola merkel. thank you. [applause] thank you guys. >> in the beginning of the war when we were pressed into it you are afraid of holding the gun that then when you enter the first battle and we fought and i shot somebody and killed somebody it does something to you so it's very difficult. as time went on it became easy. it became normalized. this is what happens. you normalize the situation so you can lift the weight is if you...
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to chancellor merkel, reports in the u.s. press suggest that you believe president putin may not be in touch with reality. is that which you believe, chancellor merkel? can you give us more insight into what he might be thinking? do you believe he is a threat to europe? >> obviously, every day we are watching the events in eastern ukraine and southern ukraine with concern. i think what you have seen over the course of the last several months in the midst of this crisis is remarkable unity between the united states and the european union and the -- in the response. at the same time we have offered a diplomatic approach that could resolve this issue. we have been unified in supporting the ukrainian government in kiev both economically and diplomatically and politically and we have said we would apply costs and consequences to the russians if they continued with their actions. that's exactly what we have done. you saw over the course of the last week additional sanctions applied both by the europeans and the u.s. the next step i
to chancellor merkel, reports in the u.s. press suggest that you believe president putin may not be in touch with reality. is that which you believe, chancellor merkel? can you give us more insight into what he might be thinking? do you believe he is a threat to europe? >> obviously, every day we are watching the events in eastern ukraine and southern ukraine with concern. i think what you have seen over the course of the last several months in the midst of this crisis is remarkable unity...
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tried reassure merkel that the u.s. citizensful. >> have taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence communities to take privacy interests of non-u.s. persons into account in that everything they do. thank you very much everybody. >> but the two parted ways friday without hammering out a l potential u.s. spy or intelligence agreement. libby casey al jazeera washington. >> 20 years ago today, flaight beganatobegan its potato world i being push for new members. >> a sense that the end of the cold war ushered in the end of history. an end to insecurity. at least in europe. and end from aggression by nation states. but russia's actions in ukraine shatter that myth and usher in bracing new realities. >> secretary hagel said the alliance was as real than ever. nato expansion invited russian aggression, joins us tonight from providence, rhode island, terrence, welcome. >> thank you john. >> is ukraine on the brink of war? >> i think ukraine is already in a war but it's a proxy war with russians. they are engaging
tried reassure merkel that the u.s. citizensful. >> have taken the unprecedented step of ordering our intelligence communities to take privacy interests of non-u.s. persons into account in that everything they do. thank you very much everybody. >> but the two parted ways friday without hammering out a l potential u.s. spy or intelligence agreement. libby casey al jazeera washington. >> 20 years ago today, flaight beganatobegan its potato world i being push for new members....
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german chancellor angela merkel is in d.c. for meetings with president obama from ukraine to edward snowden and n.s.a. spying a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. and has the u.s. become a nation of pill popping children we'll look at the issue of overmedicating our kids later in the show. it's friday may second eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey france you're watching our team america we begin with breaking news tonight in the southern ukrainian port city of odessa dozens have been killed in a large fire connected with the unrest there the numbers have varied the local police tell the associated press that more than thirty people are dead after the local trade unions house was set on fire it began in the midst of a standoff between pro and anti-government activists this was not a pure military operation this was a fascist style assault upon innocent civilians in that city who had taken refuge in that building. today it was also marked by violence between and to care protesters and the ukrainian mili
german chancellor angela merkel is in d.c. for meetings with president obama from ukraine to edward snowden and n.s.a. spying a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. and has the u.s. become a nation of pill popping children we'll look at the issue of overmedicating our kids later in the show. it's friday may second eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey france you're watching our team america we begin with breaking news tonight in the southern ukrainian port city of odessa...
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the president appeared with merkel from germany trying to show unity but the fact of the matter is there's a lot of disunity. back home. the voting public in germany is very split on this. they think the sanctions have gone far enough. they rely on russia for a lot of their energy as does a lot of europe. they're worried about prices spiking. although there's an attempt to present a united front, the european and americans interests are diverging here. >> the point of today was to present the unity but we should be clear that the type of sanctions we're talking about that would be tough are down the road at this point. the sector sanctions are if russia makes a move over the border into ukraine. we're talking about individual sanctions and right now it looks like those aren't doing much to change putin's calculus. >> the goal post versus moved throughout this thing. if russia goes in it's changed. >> always backwards. look, obama has adopted the worst possible way to approach a coalition than an adversary which is the lowest common denominator. he insists on unity. when you do that, that m
the president appeared with merkel from germany trying to show unity but the fact of the matter is there's a lot of disunity. back home. the voting public in germany is very split on this. they think the sanctions have gone far enough. they rely on russia for a lot of their energy as does a lot of europe. they're worried about prices spiking. although there's an attempt to present a united front, the european and americans interests are diverging here. >> the point of today was to present...
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i returned from an event with chancellor merkel who is in town. he is a good thing she is here. no doubt the conversation will center on these topics. a tough guy.him ready for the challenge. educated at the university of nebraska on the g.i. bill. will --'s record, foot nine-four. a few touchdowns for u.s. policy right now would be a good thing. face,ng a smile on your chuck, as you are here. here is a scarf from the cornhuskers. go big red. these welcome chuck hagel. the secretary of defense. [applause] should i put it on for the presentation? you. thank i am always overwhelmed in your company. now you have out done yourself with a special scarf. the cornhuskers will have a better citizen -- season this year. thank you. center forhe wilson what you continue to do for our tontry and world affairs bring thoughtful analysis and leadership to these tough issues. the world is confiscated, -- complicated, as we all know. it is not getting less competent or dangerous. your continued contributions and leadership as well as this institution are very valuable and important parts to all
i returned from an event with chancellor merkel who is in town. he is a good thing she is here. no doubt the conversation will center on these topics. a tough guy.him ready for the challenge. educated at the university of nebraska on the g.i. bill. will --'s record, foot nine-four. a few touchdowns for u.s. policy right now would be a good thing. face,ng a smile on your chuck, as you are here. here is a scarf from the cornhuskers. go big red. these welcome chuck hagel. the secretary of defense....
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german chancellor angela merkel is in d.c. for meetings with president obama from ukraine to edward snowden and n.s.a. spying a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. and has the u.s. become a nation of pill popping children we'll look at the issue of overmedicating our kids later in the show. it's friday may second five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey graham watching our team america begin with breaking news this evening in odessa in southwestern ukraine dozens have been killed in a large fire connected with the unrest there but numbers have varied but local police tell the associated press that more than thirty people are dead after the local trades union house was set ablaze it began in the midst of a standoff between ukrainian government supporters and to kiev activists today it was marked by violence between those and to kiev protesters and the ukrainian military in fact at least three ukrainian troops and two and to kiev fighters were killed after the government launched a military assault on the east
german chancellor angela merkel is in d.c. for meetings with president obama from ukraine to edward snowden and n.s.a. spying a report on the agenda between the two world leaders. and has the u.s. become a nation of pill popping children we'll look at the issue of overmedicating our kids later in the show. it's friday may second five pm here in washington d.c. i'm lindsey graham watching our team america begin with breaking news this evening in odessa in southwestern ukraine dozens have been...
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. >> fareed, i know that the german chancellor angela merkel is here. she's been making the rounds and she met with the president. you've got some insight into what she potentially together with president obama might be able to do to rein in putin. >> wolf, i think angela merkel, the chancellor of germany realizes that europe is not going to do anything and i think they have to respond, as you put it, to the putin challenge. i think military options are not off the table because they are week but because they are impossible to imagine. you're talking about going to the russia of border where russia spent 20 times what ukraine does on russia's budget. it's not clear what the ukrainian army is. remember, a large part of the ukrainian army in the east are ethnic russians. it's not entirely clear that they would side with the government. the sanctions route is the one that has to be tried and the german chancellor seems pretty firm that the europeans would join in broader sanctions and they want to keep ratcheting them up. it's important to know how much of
. >> fareed, i know that the german chancellor angela merkel is here. she's been making the rounds and she met with the president. you've got some insight into what she potentially together with president obama might be able to do to rein in putin. >> wolf, i think angela merkel, the chancellor of germany realizes that europe is not going to do anything and i think they have to respond, as you put it, to the putin challenge. i think military options are not off the table because...
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as we have mentioned, angela merkel is in washington for talks with president obama. one of the topics on their agenda is the russian intervention in ukraine. and also today at the woodrow wilson center they hosted a discussion on ukraine with former diplomats from germany, russia, and poland. they also heard today from chuck hagel. margaret warner moderated the discussion. . harmon and secretary hagel iterated this morning, i would remind you we are here to look at really 20 years ago at this fateful decision was taken in january of 1994 which was at it to offer a partnership for peace to russia, warsaw pactwer states. any on this panel i will at thece in this panel, time, the czech republic and hungary were clamoring for an nato membership. this was a compromise suggested by the administration. beginning in 1997, nato started thosembership first to three countries, and today it is 12 countries among larger than it was, the 16 members at the time. this obviously sticks in president putin's craw. in his telethon, i do not know how many of you watched this, he talked a
as we have mentioned, angela merkel is in washington for talks with president obama. one of the topics on their agenda is the russian intervention in ukraine. and also today at the woodrow wilson center they hosted a discussion on ukraine with former diplomats from germany, russia, and poland. they also heard today from chuck hagel. margaret warner moderated the discussion. . harmon and secretary hagel iterated this morning, i would remind you we are here to look at really 20 years ago at this...
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do you think that's because merkel came and they hatched a plan together? what do you think caused this shift? >> well, it would be go if chancellor merkel signed up for something like this. up until now she said if russia invaded, it's highly unlikely simil vladimir putin would invade. so what the president articulated is a more realistic criteria. i'm just hoping that the europeans and others are ready to respond if russia continues to provoke disarray in ukraine. >> i guess i'm a little confused in the definition of meddling in an election. if russia is, as critics charge, bombarding eastern ukraine with propaganda, seeking in the special operatives, encouraging pro-russian thugs, how is he not already messing with the elections? >> look, i'm with you, jake. more fundamentally he's messing as a society, an economy, and political entity. i would think that he's already crossed any reasonable line. what i wasn't privy to are the details between the exchange of the american president and his german counterpart. what we also don't know and what i think we sh
do you think that's because merkel came and they hatched a plan together? what do you think caused this shift? >> well, it would be go if chancellor merkel signed up for something like this. up until now she said if russia invaded, it's highly unlikely simil vladimir putin would invade. so what the president articulated is a more realistic criteria. i'm just hoping that the europeans and others are ready to respond if russia continues to provoke disarray in ukraine. >> i guess i'm a...
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hosting german chancellor angela merkel at the white house to discuss a major escalation in ukraine. today saw the heaviest fighting in that country since a pro-russian uprising a month ago with at least 31 killed during clashes between pro-russian demonstrators and ukrainian government supporters. but if you are a republican in congress, the crisis is not in ukraine. no, the crisis at hand is the administration's response to the 2012 attack in benghazi. today, we witnessed a full-blown outbreak of benghazi fever. this morning, the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee darrell issa, a man who has made quite a name for himself in the world of scandal mongering. subpoenaed the secretary of state john kerry because, because of benghazi. documents released this week and specifically one e-mail in particular have unleashed a wave of hysteria about a 2-year-old controversy. a two-year-old controversy that, by the way, the department of defense has already spent, in their estimate, thousands of man hours and millions of dollars investigating. and as far as hearings
hosting german chancellor angela merkel at the white house to discuss a major escalation in ukraine. today saw the heaviest fighting in that country since a pro-russian uprising a month ago with at least 31 killed during clashes between pro-russian demonstrators and ukrainian government supporters. but if you are a republican in congress, the crisis is not in ukraine. no, the crisis at hand is the administration's response to the 2012 attack in benghazi. today, we witnessed a full-blown...
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so russia is not acting at the behest of the people on the ground. >> chancellor merkel and president obama said today there's a possibility of new sanctions against russia. it that the best leverage we have at this point? >> well, i think our policy has to be multipronged. they did talk about new sanctions. they said they could be sectoral sanctions about not much specificity and that's because still the u.s. and the eu are not on the same pain because the iu has a lot more to lose than the united states does from the broad sanctions. but of course, we have to go beyond nat and have to also bolster nato, and we have taken some initial steps. we have to bolster the ukrainian government. you see the imf approve $17 billion for ukraine recently. and we have to take a variety of other steps aimed at bolstering kiev and deterring russia. the problem is that what is happening on the ground is happening quickly and at the diplomatic process is happening quite slowly. >> michael, thank you. >> thank you, john. >> an iraq war veteran charged with kidnapping two women is bind hards. one is tel
so russia is not acting at the behest of the people on the ground. >> chancellor merkel and president obama said today there's a possibility of new sanctions against russia. it that the best leverage we have at this point? >> well, i think our policy has to be multipronged. they did talk about new sanctions. they said they could be sectoral sanctions about not much specificity and that's because still the u.s. and the eu are not on the same pain because the iu has a lot more to lose...
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it does seem miss merkel and president obama did put past their differences on the nsa spying. they were aligned. >> reporter: they are not together on nsa spying and made that plain and ukraine is the issue as angela merkel said. that dominated their meeting, and that situation is getting worse, not better. two helicopters, ukrainians helicopters shot down by pro-russian militants there. you had 38 people killed in odessa in a fire. you had other skirmishes with four people losing their lives. you have ukrainian forces trying to eject some of those pro-russian militants from some of the positions they have taken up in eastern ukraine and merkel and the president at the white house said if russia doesn't stop interfering in ukrainians' internal affairs in advance of the may 25th elections they will consider more serious sanctions than they have so far. >> russian leadership must know that if it continues to destabilize eastern ukraine and disrupt this month's presidential election, we will move quickly on additional steps, including further sanctions that will impose greater co
it does seem miss merkel and president obama did put past their differences on the nsa spying. they were aligned. >> reporter: they are not together on nsa spying and made that plain and ukraine is the issue as angela merkel said. that dominated their meeting, and that situation is getting worse, not better. two helicopters, ukrainians helicopters shot down by pro-russian militants there. you had 38 people killed in odessa in a fire. you had other skirmishes with four people losing their...
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this brings me to special guest, chancellor merkel. since she assumed the office in 2005, she has not only revitalized germany's massive economy, the largest in europe can that -- and the third largest in the world but has put u.s.-german relations on a sounder footing. just as importantly, she has displayed exemplary leadership on transatlantic issues. in particular she has been a forceful opponent of the transatlantic trade and investment partnerships which we ttip. ttip will ensure the free flow andapital, talent, goods, procurementorm rules, protect intellectual property, and foster cooperation. here at the chamber we are right with the chancellor on the importance of this agreement. we are pressing forward it -- for its advancement. we will hold four global conferences in key companies including germany to demonstrate unity on this important ttip. chancellor merkel understands that we need prosperity to pay for security and without security, we cannot have prosperity. ttip is critical to strengthening the economic foundation of ou
this brings me to special guest, chancellor merkel. since she assumed the office in 2005, she has not only revitalized germany's massive economy, the largest in europe can that -- and the third largest in the world but has put u.s.-german relations on a sounder footing. just as importantly, she has displayed exemplary leadership on transatlantic issues. in particular she has been a forceful opponent of the transatlantic trade and investment partnerships which we ttip. ttip will ensure the free...
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the white house meeting between president obama and angela merkel. peter cook and michael mckee examine the april employment report. it we begin with an emergency when council meeting on the crisis in ukraine. at the united nations today, it started getting really personal. words were flying and we heard the french ambassador to the when referring to russia as a pyromaniac firefighter. he calls the ambassador and amateur james bond who drinks vodka. were very upset. there was the russians who called for this meeting. --was because of the hiring firing down of two helicopters with ukrainian troops in them. russians had said that any action by the government against the pro-russian separatists is a declaration and escalation that might prompt russia to bring in peacekeeping troops. we had the russians making their point of view clear and we saw and britishench ambassadors each responding very strongly saying there is no way that the separate test -- separatists are doing what they're doing without support from the russians. the meeting -- we had the u.
the white house meeting between president obama and angela merkel. peter cook and michael mckee examine the april employment report. it we begin with an emergency when council meeting on the crisis in ukraine. at the united nations today, it started getting really personal. words were flying and we heard the french ambassador to the when referring to russia as a pyromaniac firefighter. he calls the ambassador and amateur james bond who drinks vodka. were very upset. there was the russians who...
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and when you're there with angela merkel, it's not surprising the first question from the u.s. press was about ukraine and sanctions against russia. that's something she's been front and center on. the second question was about the death penalty and that botched execution in oklahoma. this benghazi story obviously has been out there, front and center for several days. several networks, news organizations pressing jay carney that something as big as that -- especially since john boehner announced the special committee minutes before the news conference. you thought you'd get some questions on that. back to you, greta. >> oh! >> i know the difference. >> no problem, fred. see you. >>> the families of those who lost loved ones in benghazi reacting to the white house narrative, as well as that dramatic testimony from the military's top intelligence official at the time of the attack. listen to that part of that testimony. >> did they ever tell you to go save people in benghazi? >> not to my knowledge, sir. >> we didn't run to the sound of the gun. they were already issuing press re
and when you're there with angela merkel, it's not surprising the first question from the u.s. press was about ukraine and sanctions against russia. that's something she's been front and center on. the second question was about the death penalty and that botched execution in oklahoma. this benghazi story obviously has been out there, front and center for several days. several networks, news organizations pressing jay carney that something as big as that -- especially since john boehner...